The Toyota 4x4 bounced across a roadless, barren plain. Behind, a cloud of pale dust shimmered in the sun. Ahead, a formation ...

Hominid footprints found on Crete date back 5.6 million years, making them by far the oldest ever discovered in Europe.

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

When visitors step into Catoosa's D.W. Correll Museum — with its collection ranging from classic cars to ancient geodes — they may notice a fossilized reptile that appears to be soaring directly at ...

A hand stencil left on an Indonesian cave wall at least 67,800 years ago may reveal how and when ancient humans reached a lost continent known as Sahul that once linked Australia with southeast Asia.

Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave ...

One of the greatest Ancient Egyptian finds is the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, which was left untouched ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a ...

Marine fossils discovered in England’s Peak District reveal detailed life from a tropical sea that covered the region 340 ...

A uniquely preserved ichthyosaur from the Pliensbachian period helps resolve when a major evolutionary shift occurred among ...